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From: smw@tilt.UUCP (Stewart Wiener)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.legal
Subject: Re: White-collar crime != victimless crime
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Date: Wed, 2-May-84 05:12:10 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  2 05:12:10 1984
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> From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
> Stuart Wiener (tilt!smw) in reference to a password hacker sentenced to
> two years of probation:
> 
> >> Who thinks this guy should have served time in prison?  I don't, but
> >> then I favor probation for most "white-collar" (or victimless) crimes.
> 
> Am I misreading this, or is Stuart equating white-collar crime and
> victimless crime?

For the record, I wasn't, but the ambiguous phrasing was deliberate.  "Non-
violent crime" would probably have been the best way to put it.  My position
is that prisons are crowded enough (and brutal enough) to be reserved for
the purpose of keeping violent criminals away from society.
--
	Stewart Wiener / Princeton Univ. EECS / princeton!tilt!smw